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- Marked improvement: decrease habit to chipping, no more than one shot per week, no physical dependence, no withdrawal symptoms
- Taken from Haight-Ashbury Heroin Statistics, November 1969 to January 1971; 1254 pts
- Between July 9, 1969 and June 30, 1971 215 patients out of 249 remained active in the program. This proportion represents an overall retention rate of 86%. Taken from Fourth Semi-Annual Report, San Francisco Department of Public Health, Methadone Maintenance Program, July 1971